A medical and dental clinic in Sydney’s west has become the latest venue of concern for NSW Health. Anyone who attended the Wentworthville Medical and Dental Clinic on January 15 between 11.30am and 1.15pm and was present in the dental, physio and imaging waiting room is now considered a close contact of a confirmed COVID-19… Read More »
Los Angeles has started to use digital receipts for people who have gotten a COVID-19 vaccination. Although this may feel like just one more step integrating digital record-keeping, it goes well beyond and ultimately has a much larger goal. Digital health passports and vaccine verifications are just the beginning of data collection and social engineering… Read More »
Diagnoses of the sexually transmitted infection lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in England reached record levels in 2019, with almost all cases involving gay and bisexual men. The data is set out in a report published by Public Health England and shows that the number of diagnoses increased steadily from 2017, reaching a peak in the second… Read More »
Australian doctors and nurses discuss PrEP’s role in tackling stigma, supporting U=U, and improving mental health Do doctors and other healthcare workers feel it’s legitimate to prescribe PrEP to people who are anxious about catching HIV, even if their actual risk is low? This question has been rarely been systematically asked of doctors and other… Read More »